NFLPA to file grievance against Dolphins
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 11, 2007
The Daunte Culpepper saga is about to get the feel of a legal drama.
The NFL Players' Association said Monday it will file a grievance against the Miami Dolphins on behalf of quarterback Daunte Culpepper by the end of the week - possibly by Tuesday morning.
Richard Berthelsen, the union's general counsel, said the NFLPA will argue that the Dolphins violated the terms of Culpepper's contract when they told him Friday that he would not be allowed to practice with the team.
"The first paragraph of the player contract says, 'Club employs player as a skilled football player,'" Berthelsen said. "A club that refuses to allow a player to practice is not letting them do their job "The situation is just not right. They are, in effect, breaching his contract by refusing to employ him. He either has a right to be employed there or elsewhere and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that result occurs." Both the Dolphins and the NFL said they will have no comment until the grievance is filed.
Since the Dolphins have just two off-season practices left this week, Culpepper's only hope is that the grievance will be heard and ruled on by the time training camp begins in late July.
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